Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated. A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated. AKA, Why I Almost Never User LinkedIn.
WIRED
Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated
A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI to...
Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again
Scientific American
Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again
Federal climate databases remained largely intact during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. Scientists say the threats are bigger this time
The Right Has a Bluesky Problem. "Liberals and the left do not need the right to be online in the way that the right needs liberals and the left. The nature of reactionary politics demands constant confrontations—literal reactions—to the left. “Triggering the libs” sounds like a joke, but it is often essential for segments of the right. The more liberals leave X, the less value it offers to the right, both in terms of cultural relevance and in opportunities for trolling."
The Atlantic
The Right Has a Bluesky Problem
The X exodus is weakening a way for conservatives to speak to the masses.
Study confirms Egyptians likely used hallucinogens in rituals
Ars Technica
Study confirms Egyptians likely used hallucinogens in rituals
Special concoction also contained honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, licorice, and grapes to make it look like blood.
To invent the wheel, did people first have to invent the spindle? Twelve-thousand years ago, people in a coastal village in the Levant used stone weights on their spindles to spin thread faster and more evenly—and, some archeologists are arguing, in the process they pioneered the basic mechanics that eventually made cart wheels possible.
Ars Technica
Key wheel ideas may have come from weaving
The tools used to make threads could have seeded concepts that eventually led to the wheel.
What Victorian People Sounded Like: Hear Recordings of Florence Nightingale and Queen Victoria
Open Culture
What Victorian People Sounded Like: Hear Recordings of Florence Nightingale & Queen Victoria Herself
More than 120 years after the end of the Victorian era, we might assume that we retain a more or less accurate cultural memory of the Victorians th...
Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now’s the Time to Put Aside Our Differences https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-i-voted-for-someone-whose-policies-might-kill-you-but-nows-the-time-to-put-aside-our-differences
Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist Vampire Film, Before the New Remake Arrives This December
Open Culture
Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist Vampire Film, Before the New Remake Arrives This December
F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu, far and away the most influential early vampire movie, came out 102 years ago. For about ten of those years, Robert Egge...
‘4 years of Republicans screaming voter fraud goes silent’: MAGA’s biggest lie has suddenly disappeared
The Mary Sue
‘4 years of Republicans screaming voter fraud goes silent’: MAGA’s biggest lie has suddenly disappeared
Are Trump supporters the only ones who can chant "stop the steal" and scream "rigged!" during major political events?
Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad [SATIRE] https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/heres-why-a-second-death-star-wont-be-that-bad